Rock History Timeline - Theresa Fisher

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  • Phonograph

    Phonograph
    The phonograph is a device for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound. It was made in 1877 by Thomas Edison.

  • Country Blues

    Country Blues
    This genres style/characteristics are solo male singer with acoustic guitar. The people of note are W.C. Handy, and Leadbelly. Two important songs in this genre are "Memphis blues" and "Pick a Bale."

  • Classic Blues

    Classic Blues
    The style/characteristics of this genre are female singers with small group backing. The people of note are Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, and Ethel Waters. An Important song is "Crazy Blues."

  • Cowboy Music

    Cowboy Music
    The style/characteristic of this genre is movies. The people of note are Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Rodgers, and Gene Autry. The important songs are "Waiting for a train", and "Don't fence me in."

  • Nashville

    Nashville
    Nashville is the center of all country music. The Grand Ole Opry was in Nashville.

  • Jazz

    Jazz
    The style/ characteristics of this genre are improvisation, and solos. The person of note is Louis Arm. Important song is "What a Wonderful World."

  • Hillbilly Music

    Hillbilly Music
    traditional old time music of the rural southern United States, with origins in English folk tradition. It is the foundation of modern country music.

  • Electrical process

    Electrical process
    The recording process in which microphones are used to convert sound waves into an electrical signal.

  • Western Swing

    Western Swing
    The style/characteristics of this genre are jazz rhythms and instrumentals. The person of note is Bob Will. Important song is "New San Antonio Rose."

  • Gospel

    Gospel
    The style/characteristic of this genre are it evolved from black religious religious music, and it is melismatic. The people of note are Thomas A. Dorsey, and Mahalia Jackson. Important song is "Take my Hand Precious Lord."

  • The Swing Era

    The Swing Era
    Swing music became the dominant form of of pop music. Swing brought the recording industry back to life after it was basically killed by the depression. Swing music was established as music to dance to and unleashed dozens of dance fads such as the Fox Trot, Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, and Rumba.

  • Boogie-woogie

    Boogie-woogie
    a form of piano blues whose main characteristic is a left hand repeated pattern that imitates blues guitar.

  • Urban (Chicago) Blues

    Urban (Chicago) Blues
    The style/characteristics of this genre is electric for the first time. The person of note is Muddy Waters. Important songs are "Rolling Stone", and "Got My Mojo Working."

  • Bluegrass

    Bluegrass
    The style/characteristic of this genre is the banjo. The person of note is Banjo Wizard, "Earl Scruggs. Important song is "Foggy Mountain Breakdown.

  • R&B

    R&B
    The style/Characteristics of this genre are it is Danceable, and has a tenor sax solo. The people of note are Louis Jordan, and Lionel Hampton. The important songs are "Caldonia", and "Hey BaBa Re Bop."

  • Grand Ole Opry

    Grand Ole Opry
    It is the longest continuously running radio program in the United States. Because the Opry was a live broadcast, performers had to maintain a presence in Nashville at least one day a week. Throughout the 1940's and 50's many moved to Nashville permanently. Soon songwriters, publishers, recording studios, and all major record labels moved there by the early 1950's. Nashville became the capital of the country music industry, in large part of the Grand Ole Opry.

  • Earl Scruggs

    Earl Scruggs
    Earl Scruggs, also known as the "Banjo Wizard", was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music.

  • Honky Tonk

    The style/characteristic of this genre is electric guitar. The people of note are Ernest Tubb, and Hank Williams. Important song is "Hey Good Lookin'."

  • Doo Wop

    Doo Wop
    The style/characteristics of this genre are it is acapella, and it is scat singing. The people of note are Hank Ballard, and Frankie Lymon. The important songs are "The Twist", and "why do fools fall in love."

  • Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers

    Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
    rose to fame in 1956 with "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", when Lymon was only 13 years old. Producer George Goldman paid Lymon a stipend of $25 a week with the rest of his earning going into a "trust fund". When Lymon's voice changed a few years later and his career went in decline, de found out that there was no trust fund. He turned to heroin and died of overdose at age 26.